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Asghar Afghan (40) and Mohammad Nabi (84, 54b, MoM) came together to not only take Afghanistan out of trouble but post a healthy total of 164. Bangladesh batsmen let the team down again.
Najibullah Zadran (69, 30b) and Mohammad Nabi (38, 18b) stuck into the Zimbabwe bowling line-up towards the end, smashing seven sixes off seven consecutive deliveries.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board today terminated the Afghanistan Premier League Sanction and Commercial Rights Agreement with Snixer Sports and postponed season II of the league to next year.
Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 224 runs late on the 5th day of this historic Test in Chittagong today
Afghanistan are edging towards an historic Test win against Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
Bangladesh added just 9 runs to their overnight score and were bowled out for 205 in their 1st innings
Rashid Khan bowled Afghanistan into a match winning position on day two of the only Test between Bangladesh and Afghanistan
Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat, on the first day of the only Test against Bangladesh
Big-hitting Afghanistan outmuscled England to book a Physical Disability World Series semi-final berth with an impressive seven-wicket victory at Old Elizabethans CC.
The ICC Test Championship's objective is to give context to Test matches. Interestingly, it's the biggest irony that the Test Championship is beginning with Ashes....
Cricket needs the ICC World Test Championship. Context is essential, to play for points as well as pride.
England are the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup champions for the first time after Jofra Archer held his nerve to help beat New Zealand in a nail-biting Super Over at Lord’s.
The six-week long 2019 World Cup comes to its conclusion with a showpiece final at Lord’s today between the host England and New Zealand.
Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib paid tribute to teenage wicketkeeper Ikram Alikhil as his side concluded their ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup campaign with a defeat to the West Indies.
Afghanistan’s Ikram Ali Khil drew comparisons with Sachin Tendulkar for a stunning knock against the West Indies but it is another cricketing legend who the teenager idolizes.
West Indies started their World Cup campaign with a bang, marked by a comprehensive win over Pakistan and have ended their campaign with a win, but remained winless in the six matches in between.
Two 18-year-old Afghanistan cricketers gave their exuberant fans a glimpse of a potentially golden future during a spirited if ultimately unsuccessful assault on two-time champions West Indies.
Afghanistan have come very close to a maiden win at this World Cup but skipper Gulbadin Naib has told the batsmen it is their responsibility if the team is to break that duck....
In a match, full of drama Pakistan managed to beat Afghanistan in a nail-biting finish at Headingley, Leeds, with only two balls to spare
Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib says the loss of key bowler Hamid Hassan was the turning point in their nail-biting defeat by Pakistan.
If it’s Rashid Khan’s day then Pakistan are in trouble....
Afghanistan skipper Gulbadin Naib blames Afghanistan’s fielding for defeat by Bangladesh
Bangladesh has made a strong case of reaching the World Cup semi-final, by today beating Afghanistan by 62 runs at Hampshire Bowl in Southampton.
From the perspective of a neutral cricket fan, it is of lesser importance which side wins, but all you want is to experience a tight game, in which both sides give it their all and the batsmen have to work hard for every run.
To understand Rashid's psyche, you have to trace the path from where he kicked off his cricketing journey. The 20-year-old started playing the game in a strife-torn Afghanistan ....
Afghanistan have improved steadily over the past couple of matches
With three games to go in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup group stage, Bangladesh are three points adrift of fourth place and a potential qualifying berth.
ndia captain Virat Kohli has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct
It’s said when the eye and ear compete, the eye wins. Replace eye with bat and ear with ball and that, some speculated, would be the narrative of this ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.
A transformed Afghanistan side employed four spinners of varying paces and styles backed by sharp, committed fielding to give themselves a real chance of beating twice world champions India at the Hampshire Bowl.
Gulbadin Naib has backed ‘mentally strong’ Rashid Khan to come out fighting following disappointment against England.
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Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib admitted Eoin Morgan’s destructive innings was the best he has ever seen after his side slipped to defeat against England at Old Trafford
Even Eoin Morgan was shocked by his record-breaking innings against Afghanistan but claims his England teammates still won’t be impressed.
Losing the toss on multiple occasions, the batting struggling in pace bowling friendly conditions, repeated collapses of the middle order....
Afghanistan were yet to bat out the complete 50 overs in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup and if there is the one and only thing that they have achieved out of this match is to avoid that embarrassment.
England were in record-breaking mood at Old Trafford as they produced the best batting display of the World Cup so far.
Gulbadin Naib claims every game in this World Cup is a learning curve for Afghanistan but he is still backing them to do some damage, especially on spinning pitches.
Afghanistan's Hashmatullah Shahidi insists they have enough quality to upset hosts England next week - but only if their batsmen can score some runs.
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